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A giant star is blinking near the center of our Milky Way galaxy like a stellar beacon, according to new observations by astronomers. The star is located more than 25,000 light-years away from Earth.

For a period of several months, a huge star located more than 25,000 light-years from Earth got increasingly dimmer before eventually returning to its usual brightness. An obstruction of some kind ...

Astronomers have observed the star is giving off the appearance that it is blinking deep within the Milky Way. The star, called VVV-WIT-08, is 100 times the size of the sun. Theories are that the ...

Astronomers have discovered what they call a giant "blinking" star towards the center of the Milky Way galaxy. The star is called VVV-WIT-08, and it's 25,000 light-years away from Earth. The ...